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that has been a big enabler of the unimaginable fiscal catastrophe. here's what i don't understand, i said it was irresponsible to speculate. when michele bachmann said the president can prioritize, i don't know. i've been tempted where he would say, that's a good idea. here's things at the bottom of my priorities, medicaid in the state of texas, that comes last. you defense contractors, later, later. i'll be getting to you as soon as i can. what would lyndon johnson do in a situation like this? not this. >> that's true. it is time to play hardball. i think democrats and progressives were heartened, i think, by the president's press conference last wednesday when he essentially drew a line in the sand. it's unclear whether he moved that line or kind of kept it where it was today, but, you know, we'll see. what's the ending here. >> here's the end game. this is why from the beginning i've been shocked. the end game is sachs owns a lot of treasuries. people think it's the chinese, no, you have treasuries in your 401(k) and are we really going to -- is w
that has been a big enabler of the unimaginable fiscal catastrophe. here's what i don't understand, i said it was irresponsible to speculate. when michele bachmann said the president can prioritize, i don't know. i've been tempted where he would say, that's a good idea. here's things at the bottom of my priorities, medicaid in the state of texas, that comes last. you defense contractors, later, later. i'll be getting to you as soon as i can. what would lyndon johnson do in a situation like...
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. >>> we know the budget, going into these big ticket items. how would you really reduce the spending, but getting rid of something big? in the trillion-dollar level? what would you get rid of? >> i was one of the folks last week who introduced an amendment that said, let's at least freeze defense spendsing. i did that. it's not a very popular thing for a republican to do. i like defense, it's important to me. i think constituency in my state. we did that. we only got 65 democrats and only 70 republicans. i'm willing to put everything on the table to be serious about spending reductions. >> what do we do about the big entitlements that go through the roof as people get older and older. you can't limit the number of people turning 65 by law. how do you deal with the cost increase? >> let's start by being honest with ourselves. i think the president did that this week. if you read his veto message about cut, cap and balance, he says the only reasons he opposes a balanced budget amendment is that it prevents us from keeping our promises to the sen
. >>> we know the budget, going into these big ticket items. how would you really reduce the spending, but getting rid of something big? in the trillion-dollar level? what would you get rid of? >> i was one of the folks last week who introduced an amendment that said, let's at least freeze defense spendsing. i did that. it's not a very popular thing for a republican to do. i like defense, it's important to me. i think constituency in my state. we did that. we only got 65...
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very hard to do a big deal, too. obviously, we have to pass an agreement, but the president will be working towards the largest possible deal because that's what's right for the country. >> the specific consequences of inaction and potential default -- that august 2nd date is coming. this is a big issue in congress and also among those running for president or perhaps running for president. sarah palin did an interview with "newsweek" and said this is not the apocalypse here. i'm asking you specific consequences to the united states of getting to august 2nd without raising the debt limit. >> let me make this clear, david, the united states is not going to default. we're a country that pays its bills. we're going to meet our obligations, and leadership in congress, republicans and democrats, house and senate, understand that. speaker boehner, to his credit, said from the beginning, we are not going to default as a country, because he understands it would be catastrophic for the american economy. let me explain what ha
very hard to do a big deal, too. obviously, we have to pass an agreement, but the president will be working towards the largest possible deal because that's what's right for the country. >> the specific consequences of inaction and potential default -- that august 2nd date is coming. this is a big issue in congress and also among those running for president or perhaps running for president. sarah palin did an interview with "newsweek" and said this is not the apocalypse here....
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very hard to do a big deal, too. obviously, we have to pass an agreement, but the president will be working towards the largest possible deal because that's what's right for the country. >> the specific consequences of inaction and potential default -- that august 2nd date is coming. this is a big issue in congress and also among those running for president or perhaps running for president. sarah palin did an interview with "newsweek" and said this is not the apocalypse here. i'm asking you specific consequences to the united states of getting to august 2nd without raising the debt limit. >> let me make this clear, david, the united states is not going to default. we're a country that pays its bills. we're going to meet our obligations, and leadership in congress, republicans and democrats, house and senate, understand that. speaker boehner, to his credit, said from the beginning, we are not going to default as a country, because he understands it would be catastrophic for the american economy. let me explain what ha
very hard to do a big deal, too. obviously, we have to pass an agreement, but the president will be working towards the largest possible deal because that's what's right for the country. >> the specific consequences of inaction and potential default -- that august 2nd date is coming. this is a big issue in congress and also among those running for president or perhaps running for president. sarah palin did an interview with "newsweek" and said this is not the apocalypse here....
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investors taking a bit of a breather after tuesday's big rally. many, of course, in wait-and-see mode. investors focusing on that instead of solid corporate earnings. in the financials, u.s. bank corp and blackrock topped expectations, abbott labs and united technologies posting impressive profit increases after the closing bell, intel, ebay, america express and qualcomm earnings all coming in better than expected. ebay jumping. small-cap stock, nalco surged on the world that eco lab will buy the company. and zillos scoring 78% in its first day of trading. now back to chris and chris matthews of "hardball." chris? >>> welcome back to "hardball." they're trying to change their laws on voting. are these doing this to prevent voting fraud? or could they be trying to prevent mine order horace cooper is here, and judith brown deanis is here. i want to get perch feeling about a person who would cheat in a voting booth. or engage in planning that kind of thing. what is your visceral reaction, horace? >> that's outrageous behavior. what it does is disenfr
investors taking a bit of a breather after tuesday's big rally. many, of course, in wait-and-see mode. investors focusing on that instead of solid corporate earnings. in the financials, u.s. bank corp and blackrock topped expectations, abbott labs and united technologies posting impressive profit increases after the closing bell, intel, ebay, america express and qualcomm earnings all coming in better than expected. ebay jumping. small-cap stock, nalco surged on the world that eco lab will buy...
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little fish meet big fish, chomp. about 12 hours from right now, rupert murdoch and his son james murdoch will be testifying about the phone hacking scandal that's now threatening to take down at least some of the murdoch media empire ahead of what is expected to be must-see tv here on msnbc naturally, news corp. provided a statement to nbc news that reads in part "we reject the notion that the issues at news international are somehow indicative of our culture." this is ansolated incident, this is not we at news corp. do business. one little paper. rest of us don't recognize the paper. it is key to rupert murdoch surviving the scandal. this is a "news of the world" problem, they'll say, not a murdoch problem. only problem, david carr, excellent media reporter for the new york times wrote today, the way news corp. cleaned up this alleged hacking scandal, u.s. hacking scandal with the floor company allegedly paying large sums of money to sweep the thing under the rug, that's been the way they've been operating in the u.
little fish meet big fish, chomp. about 12 hours from right now, rupert murdoch and his son james murdoch will be testifying about the phone hacking scandal that's now threatening to take down at least some of the murdoch media empire ahead of what is expected to be must-see tv here on msnbc naturally, news corp. provided a statement to nbc news that reads in part "we reject the notion that the issues at news international are somehow indicative of our culture." this is ansolated...
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it is a big con. and joining me is the top economic adviser to joe biden, and senator fellow on budget and policy. >> good to see you. >> and you are different affiliations. >> that is right. sorry about that. >> what would we have to throw overboard in order to make the numbers work? >> that is a great question. it is the one factoid i didn't hear in the excellent introduction. >> waiting for you. >> thanks for saving these. look, this thing, within a new fiscal year, the 2012 fiscal year which starts in 70 days or so, it would require a cut of $111 billion, okay. that's a little bit less than, about 7/10ths of a percent of gdp. if anybody in their right mind thinks that this economy went from fragile to frail with the last couple of jobs reports can sustain an extraction of $111 billion of federal spending right now, i'm not sure what planet they are living on. most of the responsible budget plans including the fiscal commission and rital ridalin/deminchey, and you would see the safety programs that
it is a big con. and joining me is the top economic adviser to joe biden, and senator fellow on budget and policy. >> good to see you. >> and you are different affiliations. >> that is right. sorry about that. >> what would we have to throw overboard in order to make the numbers work? >> that is a great question. it is the one factoid i didn't hear in the excellent introduction. >> waiting for you. >> thanks for saving these. look, this thing, within a...
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i think that's a big barrier. that's why she is not in iowa or new hampshire running for president right now. >> steve, if there are republicans that don't want her to run but think she is good for party, does this come down to her possibly being a coveted endorse many for somebody? >> i think there's still some value to that. not nearly as much even as there would have been a year ago i think. i think she's done that much damage it her brand. but when you get close to the iowa caucuses, dominated by the activist, hard core base, the people most likely to like sarah palin, sure, she could come in with an endorsement. but there is a risk to her image to running and losing a campaign. if it back fires, that won't help her either. >> that helps to be the problem if she endorses and who she endorses loses iowa, then does she devalue letter self for the long run. what happens then to the brand of sarah palin? >> i'm not sure i even agree that if she endorsed mitt romney tomorrow would he say absolutely? i'm not sure. i
i think that's a big barrier. that's why she is not in iowa or new hampshire running for president right now. >> steve, if there are republicans that don't want her to run but think she is good for party, does this come down to her possibly being a coveted endorse many for somebody? >> i think there's still some value to that. not nearly as much even as there would have been a year ago i think. i think she's done that much damage it her brand. but when you get close to the iowa...
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raising the debt ceiling is not something that usually has a big fight over it. sometimes it does, sometimes part of congress tries to leverage this vote because it's something that absolutely has to pass. in the same way crafty politicians will sometimes attach unrelated things to the pentagon budget because the pentagon budget everybody agrees has to pass, in that same way, politicians in the past tried to attach things to the debt ceilings. they not only failed, they so misunderstood the dynamics of their own party, john boehnor is so bad at his job, a political pundit at 9:00 p.m. on nbc, using this as a metaphor of what just happened to them. the breeze helps, i think. republicans blew it. they totally, utterly, 100% blew it, and today they had to essentially surrender. >> republicans senate leader mitch mcconnell presented. >> after weeks and months of fighting about it, senate republicans today proposed allowing president obama to just go ahead and raise the debt ceiling without any binding conditions just like that. in a couple of minutes on the show we'r
raising the debt ceiling is not something that usually has a big fight over it. sometimes it does, sometimes part of congress tries to leverage this vote because it's something that absolutely has to pass. in the same way crafty politicians will sometimes attach unrelated things to the pentagon budget because the pentagon budget everybody agrees has to pass, in that same way, politicians in the past tried to attach things to the debt ceilings. they not only failed, they so misunderstood the...
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if they're not, there's no chance for a big deal and i can tell you this. democrats are not going to go for something that says we have all these cuts that we'll put in the budget now and maybe we'll get revenues down the road, the ways and means committee or the finance committee will decide those down the road. leader reid issued a statement that i think sums up our view, that there has to be balance between cuts and revenues, and that balance should be in terms of dollars, in terms of specificity and in terms of timing. that pretty much sums up our position. >> there had been a previous position in previous talks that three to one would be a -- >> we're not saying -- there has to be balance. obviously we're not going to take $100 of cuts for $1 in revenues. but we're not specifying exactly what that balance should be. however, it's got to be some decent form of balance. >> does making a deal that does include entitlements including medicare take away a huge weapon from house democrats? as leader pelosi believes that she has a shot at 24 seats and getting
if they're not, there's no chance for a big deal and i can tell you this. democrats are not going to go for something that says we have all these cuts that we'll put in the budget now and maybe we'll get revenues down the road, the ways and means committee or the finance committee will decide those down the road. leader reid issued a statement that i think sums up our view, that there has to be balance between cuts and revenues, and that balance should be in terms of dollars, in terms of...
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these are big problems and we need a big solution. >> thank you very much. >>> and continuing the wyoming theme here. we go to pete williams the tsa has announced that it has put airlines and airports on notice of new intelligence suggesting terrorist groups may be considering surgically implanting explosive devices into passengers flying into the united states. pete well yams you know this area so well, but this is pretty stunning. >> this is no discussion of an actual plot or operation to do this. rather officials say an increased and serious discussion of how to do this to implant explosive devices into the abdomens or elsewhere on people. we're not talking about putting them in body cavities, but surgically implanting them? >> how do they detect it? use trace sners. >> that is the problem. they have notified airlines that fly into the u.s. from overseas. they notified airports from what those planes take off to be aware of this. what would happen is these folks would go up and say i recently have surgery i have to carry a syringe. the theory is the kind of construction they're talking
these are big problems and we need a big solution. >> thank you very much. >>> and continuing the wyoming theme here. we go to pete williams the tsa has announced that it has put airlines and airports on notice of new intelligence suggesting terrorist groups may be considering surgically implanting explosive devices into passengers flying into the united states. pete well yams you know this area so well, but this is pretty stunning. >> this is no discussion of an actual...
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the big question is how big of a health issue is this for her. clearly she lives a pretty aggressive lifestyle. she's out there campaigning, raising money, doing politics all the time. despite having the chronic headaches she's been quite active. if that's the case, i think it's a short-term story that's a minor inconvenience for her and probably won't have a big effect on her standing with conservatives. again, her appeal is her voting record. we had her putting a statement out today that she's not going to vote at all to lift the debt ceiling. that puts her on the far, far right of her party. there's a lot of tea party activists who love that fighting spirit out of her. i think that's one of the many reasons she's going to be a force for some time. >> jim, let me ask you, we had a republican nominee who had had multiple bouts with mel know na a very serious cancer. we had a vice presidential nominee who had four heart attacks. how does that compare with taking medicare for headache? a lot of women suffer from this condition and function quite w
the big question is how big of a health issue is this for her. clearly she lives a pretty aggressive lifestyle. she's out there campaigning, raising money, doing politics all the time. despite having the chronic headaches she's been quite active. if that's the case, i think it's a short-term story that's a minor inconvenience for her and probably won't have a big effect on her standing with conservatives. again, her appeal is her voting record. we had her putting a statement out today that...
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that would have a big impact on the u.s. growth story, they say a default on the nation's obligations or a downgrade of the american credit rating would be a tremendous blow to business and investor confidence. so the bank ceos just throwing in their worth. everybody wants to seal the deal at this point. back to you. >> thank, geoff. all eyes on washington. >>> other news for you. police have arrested an awol soldier expected of planning an attack on ft. hood. he's army private nassar jason abdo. he had been stationed at fort campbell and was already charged by the mill it taker for possessing child pornography. police picked up the 21-year-old in his hotel room where they found large quantities of ammunition, weapons and possible bomb making materials. authorities say they were al lerl lettered to abdo after he visited the same store where major hasan bought a gun prior to that 2009 attack at ft. hood that killed 13 people. police believe abdo was looking to, quote, get even at his fellow soldiers and was targeting ft. hood
that would have a big impact on the u.s. growth story, they say a default on the nation's obligations or a downgrade of the american credit rating would be a tremendous blow to business and investor confidence. so the bank ceos just throwing in their worth. everybody wants to seal the deal at this point. back to you. >> thank, geoff. all eyes on washington. >>> other news for you. police have arrested an awol soldier expected of planning an attack on ft. hood. he's army private...
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that's a big number for a state. you cut taxes. net cuts of 20 billion dollars total: the president will not deal with medicaid, medicare, social security reform. the bigger part of our budget. he just added a new entitlement, health care. they won't seem to touch it. rejected it and ridiculed paul ryan. >> paul ryan put together a plan scored by the congressional budget office that is detailed enough that people can critique it if, you will. the only person who has had the courage to step up and say what he would do. he gets an "a" just for effort. i think the result is, a very solid plan. because remember, what we're talking about is cutting the growth and spending. washington budget is not a kitchen table budget situation. we are talking about cutting four trillion or six trillion over 10 years sounds like a huge amount. it is cutting the growth. it is not cutting back on a situation that is at an all-time high. >> sean: do you think what we see happening in greece, spain, italy, portugal and europe, do you think that is going t
that's a big number for a state. you cut taxes. net cuts of 20 billion dollars total: the president will not deal with medicaid, medicare, social security reform. the bigger part of our budget. he just added a new entitlement, health care. they won't seem to touch it. rejected it and ridiculed paul ryan. >> paul ryan put together a plan scored by the congressional budget office that is detailed enough that people can critique it if, you will. the only person who has had the courage to...
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there's no symptom of big government more menacing than our debt. break its grip and we begin to liberate our economy and our future. we are up to the tax and i hope that president obama will join must this work. god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> speaker of the house john >> we are staying on top of the story, this is an historic highs in washington, d.c. one mike from tomorrow, the nation will have a default crisis unless there is a compromise, some sort of deal is worked out. i am wolf blitzer washington, special coverage continues right now with "piers morgan tonight." >> thank you for chain with us. >> bible start with you, the talk of compromise, it seems cheat me that both of the equivalent of the bay of pigs, who will blink first? >> the president doesn't have to say because he doesn't have a boat. it was a moment to isolate the republican speaker of the house and urge him to try to change pass and find out to compromise. we heard him hawed speaker peter tight and say you work with the president. i a
there's no symptom of big government more menacing than our debt. break its grip and we begin to liberate our economy and our future. we are up to the tax and i hope that president obama will join must this work. god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> speaker of the house john >> we are staying on top of the story, this is an historic highs in washington, d.c. one mike from tomorrow, the nation will have a default crisis unless there is a...
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that's a big number for a state. you cut taxes. net cuts of 20 billion dollars total: the president will not deal with medicaid, medicare, social security reform. the bigger part of our budget. he just added a new entitlement, health care. they won't seem to touch it. rejected it and ridiculed paul ryan. >> paul ryan put together a plan scored by the congressional budget office that is detailed enough that people can critique it if, you will. the only person who has had the courage to step up and say what he would do. he gets an "a" just for effort. i think the result is, a very solid plan. because remember, what we're talking about is cutting the growth and spending. washington budget is not a kitchen table budget situation. we are talking about cutting four trillion or six trillion over 10 years sounds like a huge amount. it is cutting the growth. it is not cutting back on a situation that is at an all-time high. >> sean: do you think what we see happening in greece, spain, italy, portugal and europe, do you think that is going t
that's a big number for a state. you cut taxes. net cuts of 20 billion dollars total: the president will not deal with medicaid, medicare, social security reform. the bigger part of our budget. he just added a new entitlement, health care. they won't seem to touch it. rejected it and ridiculed paul ryan. >> paul ryan put together a plan scored by the congressional budget office that is detailed enough that people can critique it if, you will. the only person who has had the courage to...
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he got these big concessions in return for big tax increases. now, what do the people of connecticut have? big tax increases with no concessions. >> this is awkward. >> joining us now from hartford, connecticut, governor dannel malloy. were you lecturing chris christie? let's start there. >> i don't think so. he started talking about allowing states to go bankrupt. how did that go for him. people say things that sometimes don't make sense. this is a debate that's more important than who has the bigger belt. it's policy. >> oh! >> it is so hot. >> it is so hot here. >> bring it boys. >> what? >> you do argue over things. >> belts, bigger office. silly. just silly. >> let me ask you governor. get us up to date. what chris christie was talking about was a battle you may be having with the unions. many say you bent over backwards and rejected the package. do you now have to start cutting employees? >> yeah. i told them i would do that. connecticut has to balance the budget in short term basis, which a lot of people are concentrating on. we have a pa
he got these big concessions in return for big tax increases. now, what do the people of connecticut have? big tax increases with no concessions. >> this is awkward. >> joining us now from hartford, connecticut, governor dannel malloy. were you lecturing chris christie? let's start there. >> i don't think so. he started talking about allowing states to go bankrupt. how did that go for him. people say things that sometimes don't make sense. this is a debate that's more...
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look, it's not the big companies anymore that are engaged in international competition. it's the small and medium businesses that are, too. we just feel that if we keep taxing our job creators, our businesses, at higher rates than our foreign competitors are taxing theirs, it will cost us economic growth. more to the point, when we keep raising taxes in washington, for ephemeral promises that never materialize, we are not fixing the problem. >> let me get to that topic. the "wall street journal" says even the $600 billion in spending cuts in stage one are worth grabbing as part of a debt ceiling vote. more broadly, democrats in the gang are making a big concession by saying the tax rate should go down, not up. >> i agree with that. >> even obama-care must be reformed. why not grab what you can? >> that's what i want to do. >> and worry about reducing the taxes down the road. >> i think that's what we're going to do. >> if they don't materialize, you can revert and raise taxes down the road. >> i think that's what we should do is grab the kind of spending cuts we can righ
look, it's not the big companies anymore that are engaged in international competition. it's the small and medium businesses that are, too. we just feel that if we keep taxing our job creators, our businesses, at higher rates than our foreign competitors are taxing theirs, it will cost us economic growth. more to the point, when we keep raising taxes in washington, for ephemeral promises that never materialize, we are not fixing the problem. >> let me get to that topic. the "wall...
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these are tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. there is not enough in corporate jets or even the hedge fund guys, although i would like to. they have to raise revenues, i hate to say it, on the middle class. this is the point that gets lost on this. everybody is in this boat. there is no way out of it unless every single american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class, mark. >> everybody is in it, and evan is right -- evan addressed the possibility of default. when that happens, the federal government of the united states, which bars or 40 cents of every dollar we spend every single day, is faced with the option -- do you pay a sergeant in combat in kandahar, a grandmother with a 1-bedroom apartment in social security check, or to meet the obligations of bankers who are holding their debt in beijing and beverly hills? the answer is simple. the prior claim is on the second group. the reality is we are talking about -- the president is proposing increasing taxes, revenues, by 1% over the next 10 years. $400
these are tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. there is not enough in corporate jets or even the hedge fund guys, although i would like to. they have to raise revenues, i hate to say it, on the middle class. this is the point that gets lost on this. everybody is in this boat. there is no way out of it unless every single american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class, mark. >> everybody is in it, and evan is right -- evan addressed the possibility of...
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big news over the deficit. president obama is rejecting calls for short term hike to the debt ceiling making a rare appearance in the briefing room yesterday, the president invited leaders from both parties and chambers to meet with him on thursday at the white house challenging them to seize the moment and cut a deal. >> i don't think the american people here sent us here to avoid tough problems. it's, in fact, what drives them nuts about washington. when both parties simply take the path of least resistance. i don't want to do that here. i believe that right now we've got a unique opportunity to do something big, to tackle our deficit in a way that forces our government to live within its means, that puts our economy on a stronger footing for the future, and still allows us to invest in that future. >>> all right. sounds good. sounds hopeful, right? it does. it sounds like maybe something will get done. like maybe everyone will come in. except less than an hour after the president's invitation, john boehner d
big news over the deficit. president obama is rejecting calls for short term hike to the debt ceiling making a rare appearance in the briefing room yesterday, the president invited leaders from both parties and chambers to meet with him on thursday at the white house challenging them to seize the moment and cut a deal. >> i don't think the american people here sent us here to avoid tough problems. it's, in fact, what drives them nuts about washington. when both parties simply take the...
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a big two hours monitoring what is going on. great the heat on capitol hill to the heat in dozens of states, you think the power grid is stressed out now wait until everyone plugs in. [ male announcer ] you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity. turning your life upside down in a matter of seconds. hi. hi. you know i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. you just read my mind. [ male announcer ] just one little piece of information and they can open...
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that's how incumbents lose big it is because they are challenged from within. that's the jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy. lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience. you can ask about the presidency. you can ask about eric's dietary restrictions. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i can do that. i can be part of it. israel and american jews i want my big issues like pay a lot of attention to it. obama blue in the middle east. there's a very long question. how would one possess obama's dealings with netanyahu and what can we expect from hamas agreement, is that basically it? and egypt. i don't know about egypt. he blew it with regard to the middle east because he started out as he's done altogether too often for many of our cas
that's how incumbents lose big it is because they are challenged from within. that's the jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy. lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience....
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they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there in the same numbers at all. i have this theory that the night obama won the election in 2008 was the night he appeared with rick warren who put his arms around him and said i don't agree with everything he says but he is all right. if you look at the numbers in 2008 what changed was the republicans stayed home because they didn't think he was the antichrist. now they think he is the antichrist again so they will turn out and it is not clear that obama's base will turn out and will be a much tougher election which is why all the more crazy people like ralph nader and alexander cockburn are advocating for somebody to challenge him as an independent or with the democratic party. that is how incumbents lose. they lose because they are challenged from within. that is how jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy and lyndon johnson was challenged and beaten. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president the is to fight 2001. even if i disagree with obama and thought he was terrible i would be against challenging him
they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there in the same numbers at all. i have this theory that the night obama won the election in 2008 was the night he appeared with rick warren who put his arms around him and said i don't agree with everything he says but he is all right. if you look at the numbers in 2008 what changed was the republicans stayed home because they didn't think he was the antichrist. now they think he is the antichrist again so they will turn out and it is not...
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there is no symptom of big government more menacing than our debt. break its grip and we begin to liberate our economy our future. we are up to the task. i hope president obama will join us in this work. god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> so now we've heard from the speaker of the house and the president of the united states. different perspectives, different perspectives indeed. the speaker speaking for bonl five minutes. the president about 15 minutes. the major difference is whether or not another vote will be required next year to deal with these problems. the speaker saying yes, indeed. up to congress to have another vote next year. the president saying he wouldn't go along with that. he doesn't want to put the country through that one more time. we're staying on top of this story. this is an historic night in washington, d.c. one week from tomorrow, the nation will have a serious default crisis unless there is a compromise. unless the deal is worked out in the coming days. our special coverage continues
there is no symptom of big government more menacing than our debt. break its grip and we begin to liberate our economy our future. we are up to the task. i hope president obama will join us in this work. god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> so now we've heard from the speaker of the house and the president of the united states. different perspectives, different perspectives indeed. the speaker speaking for bonl five minutes. the president about 15...
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>> any plan, any big deal must cut consumer debt. because that's what directly impacts the american people. we free up the money that americans are paying on creditors, that's why jobs in a sense really doesn't matter. somebody could be working but they could be paying their whole income to creditors. we want americans to be able to have some of that money, invest, have responsible purchasing power. that's how you create jobs. >> congressman clark from michigan, thank you so much. appreciate your time today. >> you're very welcome. >>> we have breaking news coming in from the "washington post" which is reporting that the fec has now demanded that john edwards' presidential campaign repay $2 million in matching funds. they say it should repay the treasury in this because it came from, you know, these are the federal matching funds that match the campaign contributions, got nearly $13 million in matching funds all together and now the federal election commission saying that the campaign understated its cash, overstated its expenses and
>> any plan, any big deal must cut consumer debt. because that's what directly impacts the american people. we free up the money that americans are paying on creditors, that's why jobs in a sense really doesn't matter. somebody could be working but they could be paying their whole income to creditors. we want americans to be able to have some of that money, invest, have responsible purchasing power. that's how you create jobs. >> congressman clark from michigan, thank you so much....
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and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the clock continues to tick closer to august seconds debt ceiling deadline and the g.o.p. is holding firm on their way or the highway approach to tax hikes so if a bipartisan budget deal is not reached in time how severe will the recall repercussions be for you and me meanwhile another former power nation prepares for possible economic collapse italy with that country's bronze now under attack what's to become of the euro and while congress prepares to cut seniors' medical care the leader of the anti and medicare hack is caught second back problems a line priced at three hundred fifty dollars a pop i'll talk to economists and feinberg who caught paul ryan in the act. you need to know this high stakes talks between republican leadership and the white house fell apart again last night when both sides announced they were gridlocked on a deal that has the administration pushing for four trillion dollars for the deficit cuts over the coming decade and the republicans are refusing to budge on tax hikes speaker john boehner pulled his support
and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the clock continues to tick closer to august seconds debt ceiling deadline and the g.o.p. is holding firm on their way or the highway approach to tax hikes so if a bipartisan budget deal is not reached in time how severe will the recall repercussions be for you and me meanwhile another former power nation prepares for possible economic collapse italy with that country's bronze now under attack what's to become of the euro and while congress...
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they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there at all, and the second thing is i have a theory that's unprovable that the night obama won the election in 2008 is the night he appears with rick warren. he said i don't agree with what he all says, but he's already. if you look at the numbers in 2008, the republicans stayed home more than the democrats turned out because they didn't think testifies the anti-christ, but now they think he is, and so they'll turn out again. it's not clear that obama's face is going to turn out, and it's going to be a tough election which is why it's all the more crazy that people like nader are still getting somebody to challenge him either as an independent or within the democratic party. that's how incumbents lose because they are challenged from within. carter was challenged by kennedy. johnson challenged and beaten. the easiest way to lose a presidency is to have to fight two battles at once. as much as i -- even if i disagree with obama and thought hefsz terrible, i would be as
they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there at all, and the second thing is i have a theory that's unprovable that the night obama won the election in 2008 is the night he appears with rick warren. he said i don't agree with what he all says, but he's already. if you look at the numbers in 2008, the republicans stayed home more than the democrats turned out because they didn't think testifies the anti-christ, but now they think he is, and so they'll turn out again. it's not clear...
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that was the big debate. republicans said seven years. >> you are right. >> there's no talk of that. >> no, it's not true. i introduced it. i'm not alone. i got almost every republican to vote for my budget. we have a balance plan that brings us up to balance in ten years. it doesn't happen overnight. i don't think we can do it faster than seven, eight, nine years. let's have the debate and agree on a premise, we can't keep running up the debts. >> let's talk about these numbers. we have to put this into perspective. these numbers come from steve rattner who was here an hour or two ago. i don't think he's voted for a lot of republicans in his life but we agree, steve and i agree. i think you will too. look at this graphs. the outstanding debt, $13.6 trillion. he says that's bad enough. then you look at the unfunded liabilities that we have talked about for a very long time. unfunded medicare liability $35 trillion. then you look at the total obligations. this is the number. this is the take away number that a
that was the big debate. republicans said seven years. >> you are right. >> there's no talk of that. >> no, it's not true. i introduced it. i'm not alone. i got almost every republican to vote for my budget. we have a balance plan that brings us up to balance in ten years. it doesn't happen overnight. i don't think we can do it faster than seven, eight, nine years. let's have the debate and agree on a premise, we can't keep running up the debts. >> let's talk about these...
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so why should he put a big tax revenue increase plan on the table and expose himself as the big tax raiser? so he put this little thing, this one-fourth. what he's demonstrated finally is that the republicans are actually not as interested in the debt crisis or not as interested in deficit reduction as they are in protecting tax exposure, especially at the high end of the tax code. >> there's another reason i have you on. let me play the clip first. >> no, no, you don't have to. >> oh, yeah, oh, the clip. we have the clip. here it is, 15 years ago. >> i'm afraid of this. >> almost to the hour, the first time on msnbc. >> it's to the minute. it's like 9:22. >> you were one of the first guests. let's quickly go to the clip. >> good morning and welcome to msnbc. i'm jodi applegate. >> we're going to broaden out our discussion to our friends. let's meet them. laura ingram, lawrence o'donnell and on the far left, this isn't necessarily a reflection of where you stand politically. >> you look pretty pissed off there. you were girded for battle. >> i don't know. >> you look great today. you look
so why should he put a big tax revenue increase plan on the table and expose himself as the big tax raiser? so he put this little thing, this one-fourth. what he's demonstrated finally is that the republicans are actually not as interested in the debt crisis or not as interested in deficit reduction as they are in protecting tax exposure, especially at the high end of the tax code. >> there's another reason i have you on. let me play the clip first. >> no, no, you don't have to....
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why aren't more women like taylor swift given an opportunity. >> she has a big recorded contract. >> i think there are institutions benefiting off promoting this type of behavior. >> the family is what is not involved here. i can't read you most of lyrics in these songs. whether it is cee lo green. the f word is in every song. enrique iglesias. his is i want to blank you tonight. how do you go from to all the girls i loved before to i want to blank you tonight. we wonder why kids are so depressed today. teen suicide and dropout rate. we think everyone is self-actualizing and being themselves and jamu, you can take it away here. to me, i think we to admit. we can laugh at it and some is funny but a lot of it is starkly degrading. >> i definitely think there is a celebration of bad behavior and some accountability that the mediaen city tuck institute to take for it. unfortunately, these are the role models and what is representing the millenniumal generation. >> do they know the recipient of the latest medal of honor? >> think of all of the young men and women who are fighting on the f
why aren't more women like taylor swift given an opportunity. >> she has a big recorded contract. >> i think there are institutions benefiting off promoting this type of behavior. >> the family is what is not involved here. i can't read you most of lyrics in these songs. whether it is cee lo green. the f word is in every song. enrique iglesias. his is i want to blank you tonight. how do you go from to all the girls i loved before to i want to blank you tonight. we wonder why...
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but there is a big difference between how people perceive small businesses and big corporations. small businesses are some of the most popular things in our polling. big corporations get 25% favorable. it is politically wise to go after the oil corporations and the big banks. they have been getting a break for years. but they need to make sure that they are not paying too broadly of russia's anti-business. they want to major that none of the middle-class and working- class people are getting the breaks, but small businesses, too. too. we need to reach out to those important constituents which are important to the middle of the electorate. if democrats can turn that around, it will be a big improvement in 2012 and beyond. host: on twitter. guest: i believe there is a political reality and a policy reality. i believe with minority leader pelosi and most americans that large-scale been that cuts should be off the table. plan, itike the ryan is terrible. also terrible politically. if you want to have but $4 trillion granted deficit deal, there will have to be compromising. there prob
but there is a big difference between how people perceive small businesses and big corporations. small businesses are some of the most popular things in our polling. big corporations get 25% favorable. it is politically wise to go after the oil corporations and the big banks. they have been getting a break for years. but they need to make sure that they are not paying too broadly of russia's anti-business. they want to major that none of the middle-class and working- class people are getting...